Ecosystem Service maps of the Arun and Western Streams Catchment were created using the EcoServ-GIS tool developed by Durham Wildlife Trust. These maps were used to target the local enhancement of ecosystem services, enabling planners and other stakeholders in the catchment to take environmental services into account in their short and long-term landscape and urban planning. The EcoServ-GIS model can be used to identify where changes in land management could help to provide more of the required natural services, and to predict where they may be needed in the future.
Arun and Rother Connections (ARC); Sussex Wildlife Trust; support from Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre; funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
CICES, Modified version
Which ecosystem services were focused on?:
- Education
- Carbon sequestration & storage
- Climate regulation
- Detoxification and purification in air, soils and water
- Noise regulation
- Pollination
Accessible nature (cultural); Green travel